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Carl Clinton Van Doren Quotes
Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
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| Birth: | 10th September, 1885 |
| Death: | 18th July, 1950 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Critic |
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Carl Clinton Van Doren was a U.S. critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. He was the brother of Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren. He won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Benjamin Franklin.
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